Device for cleaning buttons or the like



E. WESSELY.

DEVICE FOR CLEANING BUTTONS OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1920.

. Patented May 24, 1921.

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- nnwan'n WESSELY, or'lvnwronx, v. Y.

DEVICE FOR CLEANING BUTTONS OR THE LIKE.

Patented May 24, 1921.

Application filed November 19, 1920. Serial No. 425,093.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD WESSELY, citizen of'the-R-epublic of Austria, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Cleaning Buttons or the like, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to means for cleaning or polishing buttons or the like,

- particularly metal-buttons, attached to garments, and has for its object to provide a device whereby the cleaning or polishing of such objects can be easily accomplished without soiling the cloth.

To accomplish this object my invention consists in the construction of -a device which substantiallyzcomprises a manually operated cleaning member carried by a shield preferably made in form of a box the bottom of which is adapted to be passed between the button and the cloth, so as to in close the former and this cleaning member during the operation and thereby shield the cloth.

My device can also be used with the same effect for cleaning door or window handles, knobs or the like.

In the accompanying drawing in which similar reference characters denote corresponding parts, Figure 1 illustrates a top plan view of the device as applied to a button attached to a garment; Fig. 2 is alongi-' tudinal section on line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig.

3 is a perspective view of the device with the lid open and from which the cleaner is removed, and, Fig. 4 is an elevation of the cleaner.

Referring to the drawing 10 denotes a shield in form of a box or scuttle having a lid 11 hinged to it at one of its sides, as at 11, and formed centrally with a socket 12 to rotatively bear the cleaner which will be hereinafter more fully described.

The lid 11 is provided with a marginal rear wall 11 a side wall 11 and a front wall 11*. The rear and side walls 11 and 11 are adapted, in the closed position of the lid, to overlap the corresponding walls of the shield 10, while the front wall 11* is extended in its height and is adapted to rest of the shield which is extended beyond. the

flange or wall 11 of the lid 10, is provided centrally with a longitudinal slot 10 open at its outer end and terminating at; or near the center of the part adaptedto be closed by the lid.

The button to be treated is adapted to be contained in the chamber formed by the closure of the lid, and theinsertion of the button into said chamber is;a'ccomplished by passing the bottom of the shield, while the lid is open, between the button and the garmentto which it is fastened. This is ef. fected by placing the bottom of the shield on the garment with the'open end of the slot facing the button and moving the shield toward the latter so that the stem, eyelet or the threads whereby the button is fastened tothegarment, pass into the slot- Around the inner end of the slot on the bottom of the shield a base 14 is provided, the outer face of which is shaped to conform with the rear face of the button to serve as a seat for the button and whereby the latter is steadied in position during the cleaning process. The base 14 has a slot 14: corresponding with that in the bottom.

In the present embodiment of my invention a metal button B, such as used on miliface of the button B.

Rotatively borne in the socket 12 provided inthe lid 11 is a short spindle 15 which on its outer end carries a knob 16 or other suitable handle and which on its inner or lower end is formed with a bore or socket 15 square in cross section and slightly flaring inwardly. The cleaner 17 consists of a disk, the lower face of which is shaped to conform with the surface of the button to be cleaned. Thus for the metal button B of the shape shown the inner or'lower face of the disk is hollowed accordingly. Attached to the said inner face of the disk is a layer 18 of felt or other material suitable for cleaning purposes. The disk 17 is provided centrally with a stem 17 conforming in shape with that of the socket 15 and adapted to removably engage the said socket and be secured in position either through friction or otherwise.

The device is applied to the button by placing the bottom 10 of the receptacle onto the garment and sliding it toward the button to be cleaned, the bottom passing between the button and the cloth.

In position of use the inner face of the button bears on the convexseat 14 and the lid 11 is closed, whereby the cleaner 17 is brought to bear on the button. By rapidly turning the cleaner by the knob alternately in opposite position the button will be cleaned.

It will be observed that during the cleaning process the button and cleaner are entirely inclosed so that dust or other impurities will accumulate in the receptacle, and the cloth be shielded.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A device of the character described, consisting of a box having a central longitudinal slot in its bottom and a cross slot in one of its side walls, a lid hinged to the opposite sidewall of said box and having flanges on three sides, of which two embrace the corresponding walls of the box, and of which the front flange is extended and adapted to bear on the bottom of said box when the lid is closed and to engage said cross slot, a spindle rotatively borne in said lid, and a polishing disk having means for its engagement withsaid spindle.

2. A device of the character described consisting of a box having a central lon tudinal slot in its bottom and a cross s ot in one olt'its sidewalls, a lid hinged to the opposite side wall of said box and having flanges on three sides, of which two embrace the corresponding walls of the box and of which the front flange is extended and adapted to bear on the bottom of said box when the lid is closed and to engage said cross slot, a raised button seat on the bottom of said box at the inner end of said longitudinal slot, a spindle rotatively borne in said lid and a polishing disk having means for the removable engagement with said spindle.

Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD wEssE Y;

Witnesses:

MAX D. ORDMANN,

JOSEPH T. MoMAnoI. 

